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The old Christian quarter of Jdeydeh, Aleppo, Source: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump took the world by surprise when he ordered the U.S. military to launch a cruise missile strike<\/a> <\/span>on a Syrian airbase Thursday in reaction to a deadly chemical attack, allegedly by the Syrian government, on Islamic rebels formerly supported by Obama and now by Trump.<\/p>\n

Dozens of rebels were killed, and at least 10 children. Republican neocons led by Senator John McCain used the attack to push Trump to attack the Syrian government. Hillary Clinton called for bombing of Assad\u2019s airfields hours before Trump\u2019s airstrike.<\/p>\n

The major problem that Trump faces in foreign policy is neocons, and he clearly identified it before his election<\/a>. <\/span>But now he does not recognize this problem anymore.<\/p>\n

Yet, the reason for Trump\u2019s attack on Syria has been disputed.<\/p>\n

Former senator Ron Paul said:<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t make any sense for Assad under these conditions to all of a sudden\u00a0use poison gasses. I think there is a zero chance he would have done, you know, this deliberately.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily (WND) chief, said:<\/p>\n

I strongly disagree with President Trump\u2019s decision to attack Syria\u2026 There are two warring parties in Syria \u2013 the Syrian government, which is attempting to repulse an invasion and partial occupation of Syrian territory, and ISIS, a terrorist plague on the entire world, not just Assad\u2019s regime\u2026 Both of those parties have been accused of deploying sarin weapons against civilians, though I have yet to see any proof that Assad ever did\u2026 ISIS is the primary opposition to Assad.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Infowars<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n

The White Helmets, a al-Qaeda affiliated group funded by George Soros and the British government, reportedly staged the sarin attack on civilians in the Syrian city of Khan Shaykhun to lay blame on the Syrian government.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Syrian government has been in a deadly war against two enemies: ISIS and Islamic rebels supported formerly by Obama and now by Trump. In 2015 Obama gave to these rebels $500 million for \u201ctraining.\u201d A multimillion dollar investment against a government fighting ISIS.<\/p>\n

To fight only against ISIS is a huge challenge. How to fight at the same time against two enemies facilitated or trained by the U.S.? Even Trump recognized last year that ISIS was founded by Obama<\/a>.<\/span> But he never attacked ISIS as he is attacking Syria. By attacking Syria, he is automatically helping ISIS.<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Paul Ryan and leftists have praised Trump\u2019s attack on Syria. Incidentally, all of them were or are in George Soros\u2019s payroll<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But praises are not coming from conservatives.<\/p>\n

Michael Savage<\/strong>, a powerful anti-neocon writer, had called Trump the \u201cWinston Churchill of our time<\/span><\/a>\u201d in July 2015. But now, on his Thursday radio show, Savage complained<\/a>,<\/span> \u201cThe generals have gotten to him and turned him from peace with Russia. And the people standing in the way of war, like Steve Bannon, are being shown the door. This beating of the war drums with Russia has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Jones<\/strong>, of Infowars,\u00a0said in February that he was \u201cready to die for Trump<\/span>.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0Now that Trump launched airstrikes against Syria, Jones said<\/a> on a Friday livestream, \u201cTrump is really disintegrating in my eyes on many levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ann Coulter<\/strong>, U.S. conservative author and political commentator who had been an ardent Trump supporter\u00a0and wrote\u00a0a book titled\u00a0\u201cIn Trump We Trust<\/a><\/span>\u201d\u00a0last year, has used social media to criticize the Trump\u2019s decision. \u201cThose who wanted us meddling in the Middle East voted for other candidates,\u201d she wrote on Twitter in the early hours of Friday morning, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump campaigned on not getting involved in Mideast. Said it always helps our enemies & creates more refugees. Then he saw a picture on TV.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)<\/span> April 7, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChristians who live in Syria are terrified of what will happen if Assad is gone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)<\/span> April 7, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat follows Assad? What followed Saddam? Gaddafi? 15 yrs, 6k lost heroes 500k massacred Christians $5 Trill–for what?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)<\/span> April 7, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Coulter and a number of Trump\u2019s well-known supporters have expressed their surprise \u2014 and fear \u2014 at Trump\u2019s hasty decision, which is totally at odds<\/a><\/span> with his previous stance on interventionism. As a presidential candidate, Trump campaigned against military exploits abroad, often railing against Bush and his war in Iraq. In December, shortly after winning election, he said \u201cwe will stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn\u2019t be involved with.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Obama was considering military action against Syria in 2013,\u00a0Trump strongly urged him not to do it<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

In one September 5, 2013 all-caps criticism, Trump tweeted, \u201cAGAIN, TO OUR VERY FOOLISH LEADER, DO NOT ATTACK SYRIA \u2013 IF YOU DO MANY VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN & FROM THAT FIGHT THE U.S. GETS NOTHING!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t attack Syria \u2013 an attack that will bring nothing but trouble for the U.S. Focus on making our country strong and great again!\u201d Trump tweeted four days later.<\/p>\n

During the presidential campaign, Trump also bashed Hillary Clinton for her disastrous foreign policy, tweeting, \u201cCrooked Hillary Clinton\u2019s foreign interventions unleashed ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Libya. She is reckless and dangerous!\u201d<\/p>\n

What has made Trump change his mind and act as Hillary would have done, by helping ISIS in Syria? What has made him listen to neocons?<\/p>\n

After all, what is the point of being pro-life within the United States and not being pro-life for Christians directly threatened by ISIS in Syria?<\/p>\n

What is for sure is that the Trump who attacked Syria and helped ISIS is not the same Trump who lambasted neocons last year. Where is the original anti-neocon Trump?<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2017, Last Days Watchman<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Related Article: A War With Syria Has Begun<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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